Vocabulary : Olivine to Olympianism

Olivine : A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.
Olivite : See Olivin.
Olla : A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay. ;; A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.
Olla-podrida : A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables. ;; Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.
Ology : A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

Olpe : Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
Olusatrum : An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).
Olympiad : The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906). ;; A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
Olympian : Alt. of games ;; Alt. of Olympic
Olympianism : Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or religion.

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